House of Lords to debate UK audit reform; case study on Disney vs Trian activist investors; award for research into ESG and governance.

Defining sustainability standards; an AI education; should investors get to choose the chief executive?; Exxon row heats up.

There is a time and a place for jokes, and recent research suggests that the boardroom may be better off without them.

Racism at work; companies overwhelmed by ESG issues; the smartphone generation of ‘wireless investors’; employers who are ‘quiet firing’.

When a board colleague has not done their background reading, getting frustrated with them is not the only option.

David Schwimmer, chief executive of LSE Group, stands to make twice as much as in 2022, according to a recent report.

Women are more risk-averse leaders than men, especially when market competition is high, research suggests.

Iain McDonald to stay on THG board; London Business School’s ethical win; Big Four look to their own governance.

In the FTSE 350, the median chief executive’s pay was 57 times that of the median employee in 2022, up from 56:1 the previous year.

But constraints such as shareholder guidelines can make board directors lower the pay offered to chief executives, research shows.